Easy DIY Wooden Pumpkins for Fall

During Blogtober, I created these adorable black wooden cats for one of my DIY decor projects and while I was cutting them out, I decided to cut out shapes for a November project and even a December project. The first was these shapes to create some little pumpkins that I can keep out until Thanksgiving! They were so simple to make and I think they would be the perfect addition to your general Fall decor! Keep reading to see how I made them!

Easy DIY Wooden Pumpkins for Fall

Supplies:

5 1/2″ wide Wooden Fence Picket (Mine is cedar, you can get them in the lumber section at any hardware store)
Rafter square or ruler (Here is a rafter square from Home Depot)
Tape measure
Jigsaw
Clamps
Electric sander of sandpaper
Acrylic paint in orange (Here)
Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
Green pipe cleaners (Here)
Pieces of a branch or stick for the stems

Method:

Using my rafter square and tape measure, I cut four different-sized pieces of my fence picket: 12″, 8″, 7″, and 6″.
Next, using the angle on my rafter square, I marked where I wanted to cut off each corner of each piece of fence picket. Once marked, I used my jigsaw to remove the corners and create pumpkin shapes.
Using my electric sander, I sanded both sides of the pumpkins and all the edges to give them a smooth finish and to prevent splinters.
Once sanded, I covered each pumpkin in 3 coats of orange acrylic paint.
I cut 4 pieces off of a branch from my backyard at varying lengths for the stems of my pumpkins. I made sure to cut the tops of each stem at an angle. This is optional but I like the way the angled stems look!
Using my hot glue gun, I attached each stem to a pumpkin. I built up the hot glue around and up the base of the stem to give it more structure to keep the stems from breaking off when I put them back into storage.
Once the hot glue was cooled, I took a pipe cleaner and hot-glued the center onto the back of the stem. Then, I wrapped each end of the pipe cleaner around the stem once and then curled the ends to create some cute tendrils on each side of the pumpkin stem!